Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Amen! Louis, I hope it's not impossible. By the way, I'm reading your book right now on Fu Zhongwen and Traditional Yang Style. Excellent! I love that word disposition too. It sounds so powerful! I'm a professional writer as well and there are some words that just "work" for you. Tim

Jerry, I agree with you. I think "posture" or "position" should be used here. As Louis stated earlier. "shi" or "zhishi" is used later on to mean "posture" or "shi" meaning form or model. I think this makes more since in the context of our ...

Erik, You've enforced my statement of stepping back and analyzing the movement from a different perspective when you talk about your center of gravity moving from left to right. This is a very good point about central equilibrium and how it can spin on your axis. We all know that it's a constant and...

I agree Steve, I think it "is" possible to reduce those specific actions to a set of factors. It's like a puzzle unravleing rather than being put together. We use the theory of deduction rather than induction. When we practice with an opponent and step away from the situation to analyze wh...

Louis, Very well put! My thoughts exactly! I didn't mean to sound or imply that you were only metaphorically speaking. I was agreeing with and you make a very good point in that what we have today has probably evolved into something in between the esoteric theories and the application of practice. I...

Hi All, I do want to make one point on this subject and maybe it will clear all of this up since I'm the one who brought this confusion to the table. Understanding Taoist theory of Yin/Yang and the esoteric meanings of the I Ching will bring about some order to this discussion. As Louis stated, it i...

Louis,

Thanks for clearing this up. I am able to decipher between history and application most of the time. But you know, most of the time you need a little guidance. Thanks for all your replies. It helps a great deal.

TimB

Audi, Thanks for your question... "Lifting Energy" or "Split Energy" can be used to describe the same application. When you apply split energy your are spliting the opponent's center axis or center of gravity and "root". When you apply lifting energy you are applying th...

Thanks for your reply Audi, In the explanation of the "eight gates", each part of the "eight gates" refers to a direction of the bagua. "Four corners" "Four Sides". Ward off, push, roll back and press are the four sides of N, S, E and W. elbow strike, shoulder...

I have a question about the "Eight Gates" within applications. I know these are fundamentals of the "four corners" and "four cardinal" directions and they correlate with the cyclical flow of Yin/Yang Theory and the Bagua. My question is this... when applying them, do th...

Tai Chi is learned and practised in stages. First, as a beginner, the practioner learns the skeleton as a repetitive exercise. After that they'll move on to concentrate on corrections of posture and principle. Then, listening skills, breathing, focus and more correction. So on and so forth. After th...